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ADHD and Marriage
Learn to thrive in your relationship
Welcome to "ADHD & Marriage"
Helping adults thrive in relationships impacted by ADHD
Melissa Orlov and Dr. Ned Hallowell blog about marriage when one or both spouses has ADHD. What is it like? What are common themes in marriages with ADHD? What strategies can be used to improve these relationships? How can struggling couples get their marriages back on track so both partners can thrive?
Blogs & Tips
Insights and inspiration
What does it take for couples to move beyond ADHD and negative responses to ADHD? Our blogs help you find out. With a balanced, respectful approach, we provide the information, ideas and inspiration both partners need.
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Recent blog posts
A struggling couple asks what ADHD has to do with one man's quick rages. His partner writes 'He can be a lovely person but it doesn't take much to make him snap , in particular with me.' Alcohol makes it worse. Melissa explores what could be going on, how it's related to ADHD, and how to respond.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one ingredient in hemp and marijuana. Should it be used as a treatment for ADHD?
You think you probably have ADHD. What do you do next?
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Living with ADHD can be tough, whether you have it, or are married to it. Share your questions, your confusion, your pain, and your experiences with others who face the same sorts of issues you do. You are not alone!
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Recent forum posts (all topics)
- ADHD Therapist Best Practices by: felixfrancine 3 days ago
- What can you do without your spouse that he or she used to do with or for you? by: PoisonIvy 4 days ago
- Those who divorced your adhd spouse by: Brindle 1 week ago
- Birthday, Thanksgiving and now college weekend by: dvance 1 week ago
- Non-ADHD Share of Blame by: Spinach 1 week ago
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Popular blog posts in the last ...
- My Partner is a Great Guy, but Gets Really Angry Fast
- The Care and Feeding of a Non-ADD Spouse
- 9 Tips for When Non-ADHD Spouses Just Can’t Cope Anymore
- Feeling Ignored - The Non-ADHD Spouse Dilemna
- CBD and ADHD?
- For Men with ADHD Who Aren't Convinced it Matters
- Think You Have ADHD? 5 Steps to Changing Your Life
- How Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria Impacts Non-ADHD Partners
- What is Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and How Does it Relate to ADHD?
- Can ADHD Cause Narcissism?
- My Partner is a Great Guy, but Gets Really Angry Fast
- Think You Have ADHD? 5 Steps to Changing Your Life
- 9 Tips for When Non-ADHD Spouses Just Can’t Cope Anymore
- For Men with ADHD Who Aren't Convinced it Matters
- Can ADHD Cause Narcissism?
- Feeling Ignored - The Non-ADHD Spouse Dilemna
- CBD and ADHD?
- The Care and Feeding of a Non-ADD Spouse
- How Do We Tell 'Normal' Anger from 'ADHD Anger'?
- Best Holiday Gift EVER - Better Sleep!
- My Partner is a Great Guy, but Gets Really Angry Fast
- For Men with ADHD Who Aren't Convinced it Matters
- 9 Tips for When Non-ADHD Spouses Just Can’t Cope Anymore
- Think You Have ADHD? 5 Steps to Changing Your Life
- Feeling Ignored - The Non-ADHD Spouse Dilemna
- The Care and Feeding of a Non-ADD Spouse
- CBD and ADHD?
- Can ADHD Cause Narcissism?
- How Do We Tell 'Normal' Anger from 'ADHD Anger'?
- How to Improve Treatment of ADHD in 3 Steps
- For Men with ADHD Who Aren't Convinced it Matters
- Can ADHD Cause Narcissism?
- Feeling Ignored - The Non-ADHD Spouse Dilemna
- 9 Tips for When Non-ADHD Spouses Just Can’t Cope Anymore
- How Do We Tell 'Normal' Anger from 'ADHD Anger'?
- What is Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and How Does it Relate to ADHD?
- The Care and Feeding of a Non-ADD Spouse
- How Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria Impacts Non-ADHD Partners
- 4 Tips for Bringing Up Problems to an ADHD Partner without ‘Parenting’
- How Do You Know When to Quit A Relationship?
Popular forum topics in the last ...
- ADHD Therapist Best Practices
- Those who divorced your adhd spouse
- What do you do when you can't rely on your spouse?
- My wife hates me. I feel hopeless and depressed. I don't know what to do...
- What is it with leaving drawers and cabinets open??!!!
- Non ADHD Wife & ADHD Husband- Struggling
- Not finishing projects, hoarding, and extreme frugality
- Non-ADHD Share of Blame
- How to rebuild TRUST when he won't stop LYING?
- verbal abuse from ADD spouse
- Those who divorced your adhd spouse
- ADHD Therapist Best Practices
- Non-spouse feeling cherished?
- What can you do without your spouse that he or she used to do with or for you?
- What do you do when you can't rely on your spouse?
- Non ADHD Wife & ADHD Husband- Struggling
- Non-ADHD Share of Blame
- What is it with leaving drawers and cabinets open??!!!
- My wife hates me. I feel hopeless and depressed. I don't know what to do...
- Absolutely no sympathy from husband when I'm sick! In fact, it seems to be my fault!
- Those who divorced your adhd spouse
- Multiple hidden affairs and ADHD?
- Unaccountable
- “You always have to have it your way!”
- Non ADHD Wife & ADHD Husband- Struggling
- Not finishing projects, hoarding, and extreme frugality
- What do you do when you can't rely on your spouse?
- Non-spouse feeling cherished?
- Non-ADHD Share of Blame
- Parent Child dynamic - I hate feeling like the fun police- he wants to party non stop
- Absolutely no sympathy from husband when I'm sick! In fact, it seems to be my fault!
- What do you do when you can't rely on your spouse?
- My wife hates me. I feel hopeless and depressed. I don't know what to do...
- Letter to my husband: I have reached the end.
- What is it with leaving drawers and cabinets open??!!!
- His perception is inaccurate and he accuses me of feeling ways I don't
- Feel like my husband is financially ruining me.
- How to rebuild TRUST when he won't stop LYING?
- ADHD& Marriage Book, Questions, & Other Stuff
- verbal abuse from ADD spouse
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